"Truevine," by Beth Macy. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) This article is more than 7 years old. Circus sideshow displays of "freaks" were very popular in the United States up until the 20th century.

Side Show the Musical’ tells the true story of conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton as they journey from a sideshow ...

They're put to work, without pay, in a circus sideshow as freaks, told their mother is dead. Then, many years later, there she is in their audience, come to take them home again.

Take a deep drink of sideshow history!“Remember, we’re seriously discussing people who can turn their heads backwards, swallow coins, people who’ve covered themselves in tattoos,” said Zigun. “But as ...

Since the early 1990s, his Jim Rose Circus Sideshow has taken the freak-show concept to its ugliest extreme. It's a mix of "Ripley's Believe It or Not," rock 'n' shock theater, B-movie horror and ...